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0. W. BEDELL.

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APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 22, 1910.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

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O. W. BEDELL.

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APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 22, 1910.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

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ATTORNEY v COLUMBIA PMNQGDAPH 60., WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORLANDO W. BEDELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ELY-NORRIS SAFECOMPANY, OF PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO W. BEDELL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, county of Richmond, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to safes and vaults and is directed to theprovision of a safe of an improved construction which is bothburglarproof and fireproof.

The invention involves the provision of a burglar-proof safe having twowalls practically throughout the body thereof, these walls being spacedapart a short distance. The two bodies constituting the compound body ofthe safe are joined together so that one becomes held in the desiredrelation to the other as an incident to the casting operation.Preferably the space between the two bodies is filled with some solid,nonmetallic substance, and for this purpose the sand used in preparingthe core for the casting operation may be convenient-1y utilized. Theinner body is formed practically complete by casting in the usualmannor, the material employed being preferably an unmachinable metalsuch as manganese steel. This inner body is then mounted within the moldused for casting the outer body, it being built up with sand or othersuitable material, to form a core of the desired size and shape. Theouter body is then cast in the usual manner, employing manganese steelor similar material, and the molten metal runs in around a portion ofthe inner body so that when hard it will hold the inner body properlywith respect to the outer body. A compound burglarproof and fireproofsafebody is thus provided having two walls, one within the other,positioned rigidly with respect thereto and spaced apart therefrom by anon-metallic stratum of sand or other non-combustible pulverulentmaterial. With such a safe-body, I preferably employ a compoundsafe-door such as that disclosed in Patent No. 827,351 granted to S. A.Ely July 31, 1906, and in that case I may extend the space between thetwo bodies of the safe out to the jamb of the door-opening opposite thespace between the sections of the compound door when the latter is inthe closed position.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 22, 1910.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

Serial No. 593,612.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are sectional views ofa safe, one at a right angle to the other and the section of Fig. 1being the line 11 of Fig. 2; Fig. 3 is a sectional detail View of aportion of the inner body; Fig. l is a sectional View of a modified formof safe corresponding to Fig. 1 and in section on line 44 of Fig. 5; andFig. 5 is a sectional view of the structure shown in Fig. 4corresponding to Fig. 2 and in section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the outer body of the safe is shownat 1', and 2 indicates the inner one. The inner body 2 conforms closelyto a cylinder closed at one end and open at the other and is made ofmanganese steel by a casting operation in the manner usual inburglarproof safes. This inner member 2 has a plurality of openings 3through the cylindrical wall thereof and two or more openings 4: in theclosed end wall. In making a complete safebody, the member 2 is utilizedas a portion of the core, foundry sand being built up around it to makeup the complete core in the usual manner. This compound core is thenheld within the mold by means of rods passing through the openings 4 andsecured therein and to anchors in the mold. The molten metal for thebody 1 is then poured in and flows in around the core, filling all thespaces including the openings 3 through the body 2. It will be notedthat one end 5 of the body 2 is embedded in the mass of metal about thejamb of the dooropening and this end forms a chill for preventing suchunequal contraction of the metal in hardening as would result inexcessive strains. The portions of the outer body 1 in which the end 5of the body 2 is embedded and the portions passing through the openings3 hold the body 2 quite rigidly with respect to the body 1. Theremainder of the body 2 other than the end 5 thereof is spaced apartfrom the body 1, this space being filled with the sand or slag 6 used inshaping the core.

The door shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 5 is of the compound type having two ormore sections 7 and 8 rigidly connected but spaced apart so as to form achamber 9 between them. The body construction illustrated in spacebetween the two members thereof isextended out to the jamb of thedoor-opeiling and is open at the jambfiopposite the "chamber 9 in thedoor. Th'eopenings 3 may be omitted and the body 2 held solely by themetal 10 and 11 of the body 1 on opposite sides thereof. The ring 11 ofmetal of the body 1 lying within the body 2 and forming the elongateddoor-jamb is connected to the body 1 proper by a plurality of relativelynarrow webs 12 between which are spaces 18, extending the space betweenthe bodies 1 and '2 out to the jamb of the door-opening. At the jamb,these spaces are opposite the chamber 9 in the door when the latter isin the closed position.

The core employed in casting the outer body 1 is of course shaped sothat it fills the spaces 13 between the webs 10 as well as the spacebetween the walls 1 and 2 and the sand of the core may be allowed toremain in these spaces during the period of use of the safe; or ifdesired more or less of the sand may be removed. In Fig. 5, I have shownthe core sand removed back a substantial distance from the jamb of thedoor forming air spaces 14 so that the explosion chamber in the door isextended into the body.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows 1. A compound safe-bodycomprising an outer body of unmachinable metal and an inner body mountedwithin the same, the inner body being spaced apart from the outer oneover the major portion thereof and a portion of the inner body beingembedded in the metal of the outer one to position the inner bodyrigidly with respect to the outer one, substantially as set forth.

2. A compound safe-body comprising an outer body of unmachinable metaland an inner body mounted within the same and spaced apart therefromover the major portion thereof, a portion of the inner body beingembedded in the metal of the outer one to position the inner bodyrigidly with respect to the outer one and the inner body being formed tofacilitate securing it in a mold during the casting of the outer body,substantially as set forth.

3. A compound safe -bodybomprising an outer'body of unmachinable metaland an inner bodym'oifirted within the same and spa ceda'part therefromover the major portion thereof, a portion of the inner body beingembedded in the metal of the outer one to position the inner bodyrigidly with respect to the outer one and the inner body being providedwith openings which the metal of the outer body may fill when castingthe outer body, substantially as set forth.

4. A compound safe-body consisting of an outer body of unmachinablemetal of substantially uniform thickness throughout except around thedoor-jamb where the thickness of the metal is substantially increased,and an inner body mounted within the outer body with a portion thereofembedded in the thicker metal of the outer body about the door-jamb, themajor portion of the inner body being spaced apart from the outer body,substantially as set forth.

5. A compound safe-body comprising an outer body of unmachinable metaland an inner body mounted within the same and spaced apart therefromover the major portion thereof, a portion of the inner body beingembedded in the metal of the outer one to position the inner bodyrigidly with respect to the outer one and the space between the twobodies being extended through the metal of the outer body out to thejamb of the door-opening, substantially as set forth.

6. A compound safe-body consisting of an outer body of unmachinablemetal of substantially uniform thickness throughout except around thedoor-jamb where the thickness of the metal is substantially increased,and an inner body mounted within the outer body with a portion thereofembedded in the thicker metal of the outer body about the door-jamb, themajor portion of the in ner body being spaced apart from the outer bodyand said thicker portion of the outer bodyabout the door-jamb havingopenings therethrough extending the space between the two bodies out tothe door-jamb, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 19 day of November, 1910.

ORLANDO W. BEDELL.

Witnesses:

CHAS. K. SEAMAN, WM. S. DUNCAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

